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stablished in 1914, the Ford School remains known for the

strengths that have marked our reputation for decades: the

excellence of our faculty; the firm grounding of our degree

programs in social science research and quantitative analysis; the

vitality of our research centers; and our strong connections with

scholars, programs, and opportunities from all parts of the world-

class University of Michigan. We are proud to be a small, collegial

community, a school where students matter.

We are committed to tackling the critical policy challenges facing

our cities and our nations. Our shared passion for public service is

evident in the real-world policy issues woven through our curricu-

lum, in our research and its application to public policy, and in the

careers of leadership and impact forged by our alumni.

For those eager to leadeager to find solutionswe offer a

rigorous, interdisciplinary, applied professional education.

We welcome your interest.

D E A N S U S A N M . C O L L I N S

Susan M. Collins is the Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy, Professor of

Public Policy, and Professor of Economics

Research: international economics including issues in both macroeconomics and trade;

economic growth in developed and developing countries, including China and India;

external imbalances; and international economic integration.

Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution; Vice President of the Executive

Committee, Association of Professional Schools of International Aairs (APSIA);

Senior sta economist on the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers, 198990.

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WHAT WILL YOU DO W ITH YOUR

FORD SCHOOL DEGREE?

Ford School MPP/MPA alumni are managing multi-million dollar support

grams for farmers in Afghanistan. Theyre participating in crisis managem

deliberations at the Federal Reserve Bank. Theyre directing successful gu

natorial political campaigns. Theyre improving health policy in East Africa. An

theyre leading regional land and water conservation efforts in the Mid-Atlanti

Students who choose the Ford School are passionately interested in public affa

They want to help shape the public decisions that affect their neighborhoods, t

countries, and people around the globe.

Armed with a professional policy education from the University of Michigan,

alums get the details right and they leadthey analyze problems, seek solution

collaborate for change, and advocate for more effective public policies.

DEGREES OFFERED BY

THE FORD SCHOOL

MPP: Two-year Master of

Public Policy

MPA: One-year mid-career

Master of Public Administration

Dual masters degrees with

other U-M schools and

departments, including Law,

Business, and Education

Joint PhDs in Public Policy with

Economics, Sociology, or

Political Science

Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy

CORE MPP COURSES

The Politics of Public Policy (PubP

Calculus (PubPol 513)

Statistics (PubPol 529)

Microeconomics A (PubPol 555) A

Microeconomics B (PubPol 558)

Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

(PubPol 580)

Public Management (PubPol 587)

Integrated Policy Exercise (PubPo

Quantitative Methods of Program

Evaluation (PubPol 639) OR

Econometrics (PubPol 571)

The Ford Schools well-deserved

reputation is for expertise in

multiple policy areas, in both

domestic and international issues.

I didnt arrive knowing which policy

issues I would pursue, but I was able

to explore and take classes that

interested me. Coming to the Ford

School, I joined a small, close-knitgraduate program with all the

resources of a large university.

Farouk is a senior program examiner at

the White House Oce of Management

and Budget, with responsibilityfor analyzing and recommending

Department of Defense funding levels

to senior White House ocials. Farouk

led a team of forty in the production of

DoDs overall budget for fiscal year 2012.

FAROUK OPHASO (MPP 06)

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THE CURRICULUM

Our masters level curriculum trains students with a broad range of interests for

a wide set of jobs, providing a toolbox of research, analytical, and management

skills that are highly transferable across sectors and issue areas.

Core courses develop a foundation of skills, knowledge, and concepts in eco-

nomics, statistics, political analysis, ethics, and public management. All students

receive serious quantitative training in data analysis and program evaluation,

moving as a cohort through a carefully sequenced set of courses.

Students then have tremendous flexibility in choosing from advanced classes in

social policy, international trade, education, national security, human rights, poli-

tics, and more. They combine their policy courses with electives from elsewhere

around the U-M, including its 18 professional schoolssuch as law, business, edu-cation, and urban planningor one of the top-ranked social science departments.

Students apply what theyve learned in the classroom, gaining hands-on, practical

policy experience. We require a policy-related summer internship, and students

are encouraged to take an Applied Policy Seminar, enabling them to do real-world

policy consulting with classmates under faculty supervision.

The Ford School cultivates the entire studentfrom

providing exceptional academics to promoting

extracurricular interests and supporting professiona

pursuits. The coursework gave me an analytic frame

work for understanding the political environment an

policy implications of legal practice, which are essen

to the impact litigation Ill be working on at the ACLU

The coursework also equipped me with key professio

skills in management, teamwork, and presentation.

2011 MPP/MPA Class Profile

Incoming class size: 110

Average age: 27

Age range: 2241

Non-U.S.: 23%

Students of color (U.S. only): 30%

Female: 55%

Male: 45%

Countries of origin: 13

After completing a Karpatkin

Racial Justice Fellowship with

the ACLU, Taurean will join the

Navy JAG Corps. As a Ford School

student, Taurean founded Public

Policy Connects, a program that

introduces high school students

from diverse backgrounds to the

field of public policy.

TAUREAN BROWN (MPP/JD 11)

There may be no greater honor than to have a school bear your name.

Such recognition means all the more when it comes from an institution

that you love, and when it is dedicatednot to me personallybut to

the cause of public service to which I have devoted most of my life.

G E R A L D R . F O R D 1 9 1 3 2 0 0 6

On the occasion of the dedication of Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, October 13, 2006

38th President of the United States; AB 35 and HLLD 74, University of Michigan

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A SMALL COMMUNITY

WITH BIG RESOURCES

Situated at one of Americas great public universities but with

just around 110 masters students matriculated each year, the Ford

School is large enough to provide a wide diversity of intellectual

and political interests, but small enough to offer a warm, collegial

educational community.

Our student groups are active; they join students with shared inter-

ests, lead school-wide public service initiatives, host speakers, and

provide opportunities for leadership.

Ford School students have ready access to the intellectual, cultural,

and social resources of the University of Michigan and of AnnArbora livable, vibrant college town with a rich cultural life.

The Ford School makes the U-M a destination for distinguished

policymakers, often hosted by our dynamic research centers and

programs: the National Poverty Center; the Center for Local, State,

and Urban Policy; the Science and Technology in Public Policy

Program; the International Policy Center; and the Center for Public

Policy in Diverse Societies. Visitors give public lectures, teach a

course, or meet with small groups of students to discuss substan-

tive and career-related issues.

Our MPP/MPA training is characterized by

rigor and by relevance. All students gain

the quantitative tools to evaluate policies and

measure impact. And were consistently mind

ful of the real world: students learn how to siz

up a political environment, operate eectively

within an organization, communicate persua-

sivelythey learn how to move policy.

SUSAN DY NAR SK IASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF

PUBLIC POLICY AND EDUCATION

Professor Dynarskis research suggested that the

length and complexity of the federal student aid

application form, FAFSA, deterred students from

low-income households from seeking a college

education. She worked for five years with legislato

analysts, and financial aid administrators to simplthe process. Data from IRS tax returns is now insert

automatically into a students online FAFSA applic

tion, reducing the paperwork burden on parents an

families. Dynarski continues to work to simplify th

college financial aid application process.

Courses taught: Quantitative Methods of Program

Evaluation (PubPol 639) and Causal Inference in

Education Research (PubPol 820)

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Speak with usWe welcome your questions. Please find us

at a graduate fair, come to Ann Arbor for a

visitation day, call, or write. Details online:

www.fordschool.umich.edu/prospective/

admit_rep.php.

Admissions overviewThe Ford School seeks MPP/MPA applicants

from a diversity of academic and professional

backgrounds. We emphasize the applicants

academic performance as an undergraduate,

demonstrated commitment to public policy,

and potential for graduate studies as evi-

denced by the results of the Graduate Record

Examination (GRE); the applicants state-

ment of purpose; relevant work experience;

the range of courses taken; and faculty and

employer evaluations.

Fellowships and financial assistanceThe Ford School offers financial assistance

through merit-based fellowships. These

fellowshipsavailable to both domestic and

international applicantsare awarded with

admission. In previous years, about 60% of

each entering class received some level of

fellowship support. Ford School students have

also been successful seeking university fellow-

ships, graduate student instructor positions

(teaching assistants), and research assistant-

ships. The University of Michigan provides

need-based financial support in the form of

subsidized loans and work-study funding.

Joint PhD program

Applicants to our joint PhD program submit

an application directly to the Ford School. We

ensure that the relevant department reviews

the application (Economics, Sociology, or

Political Science).

Application deadlines forgraduate programsDecember 15: PhD program

January 15: MPP and MPA programs

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LEARN MORE

THE FOR D SCHOOL FACULTY

The Ford School is home to an interdisciplinary group of faculty

who meet the criteria of academic excellence in the social science

disciplines, who are enthusiastic teachers and mentors, and who

engage with policymakers around key public issues. Their broad

research interests are demonstrated by the wide range of units

with which they hold joint appointmentsincluding economics,

political science, sociology, history, math, business, social work,

education, natural resources, information, and urban planning.

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

University of Michigan

Joan and Sanford Weill Hall

735 South State Street

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091

734 764 3490

734 763 9181 fax

Student and Academic Services: 734 764 0

Graduate Career Services: 734 615 9557

Development: 734 615 3892

Alumni Relations: 734 615 5760

Communications and Outreach: 734 615

Regents of the University of Michigan

Julia Donovan Darlow, Ann Arbor

Laurence B. Deitch, Bingham Farms

Denise Ilitch, Bingham Farms

Olivia P. Maynard, Goodrich

Andrea Fischer Newman, Ann Arbor

Andrew C. Richner, Grosse Pointe Park

S. Martin Taylor, Grosse Pointe Farms

Katherine E. White, Ann Arbor

Mary Sue Coleman (ex officio)

2011 The Regents of the University of Michigan

A Non-discriminatory, Affirmative Action Employer

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AN APPLIED AP PROACH

Whether your policy interests lie in Detroitdescribed by someone of the great urban renewal testing grounds in the world

Beijing, or some point between, at the Ford School youll gain

the real-world policy experience and the professional skills needed to

make an immediate impact.

REQUIRED INTER NSHIP: POLICY AT WORK

Our MPP curriculum requires a policy-related internship, completed in

the summer following the first year of coursework. The internship give

students the chance to apply what they have learned in the classroom to

significant problems in the public, private, or non-profit sectors and to

enhance skills in areas of professional interest.

Ford School students secure internships with an incredibly wide range

domestic and international employers, including all levels of governme

financial institutions, think tanks and research centers, private sector co

panies, non-profit organizations, and NGOs.

NFP/NGO 45%

Federal Governm

Local Governmen

Multilateral Orga

Private6%

State Governmen

Foreign Governm

Washington DC 34%

International26%

Michigan 11%

U.S. Other 11%

Chicago6%

California6%

New York 6%

Internships by Location Internships by

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At the Ford School, we emphasize the professional skills that

help translate sound policy analysis into constructive policy

change. Our curriculum prioritizes teamwork, communication,

and interaction with practitioners. Each year, teams of FordSchool students travel around the state, country, and world to

engage and advise policymakers on a wide range of issuesfrom

urban planning in Michigan to microfinance in the Philippines.

They leave Ann Arbor ready to make a real, positive impact.

JOHN D. CI ORC IARI

A SSI STA NT PRO FESSO R O F PUBLI C PO LI CY

APPLIED LEARNING FOR CREDIT

OurApplied Policy Seminaris a graduate course that engages students in a

supervised consulting project with a real-world client. Teams of 36 students

work with a faculty coordinator and client representative to develop a project

work plan, collect relevant materials and information, conduct research and

analysis, prepare a written report, and present findings and recommenda-

tions to the client. Clients have included Direct Relief International, AmnestyInternational USA, Focus: Hope, and the Government Accountability Office.

Other for-credit opportunities to engage in real-world policy issues include

Introduction to Chinese Policy (PubPol 716), a course that starts with class-

room education and ends with a trip to Beijing, and Economic and Social

Policies in a Selected Emerging Market Economy (PubPol 674), in which

Professor Ciorciaris interests includ

international law, politics, and inter

national finance. In addition to his

academic training in political scienc

Ciorciari has a law degree from Harv

Since 1999, he has been a legal advi

sor to the Documentation Center of

Cambodia, which promotes historic

memory and justice for the atrocitie

the Pol Pot regime.

His book, The Limits of Alignment:

Southeast Asia and the Great Pow-

ers since 1975, investigates the pow

alignments of small and middle sta

in Southeast Asia. From 2004-07, h

served as a policy ocial in the U.S

Treasury Departments Oce of Int

national Aairs.

Ciorciari teaches the graduate cours

Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

(PubPol 580); and Peace-building: L

Diplomacy, and the Transition from

Conflict (PubPol 621).

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students and faculty learn about a developing country then take a study

trip there to meet with policymakers, members of civil society, foreign

development agencies, and university students. Destinations haveincluded Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Jordan, Morocco, the

Philippines, and Senegal.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: PREPARED TO

MAKE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT

The Ford School environment gives MPP/MPA students the

professional capabilities needed for a successful policy career:

ANALYTICAL SKILLS: Required quantitative coursework in data

analysis and program evaluation; a core class that teaches strategies for

analyzing and dealing effectively within complex political environments;

and another that explores the ethical dimensions of policy analysis and

management.

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT: A core class focuses on the

management and negotiation skills needed for effective public sector

leadership. Students play an active role in the school, leading student

organizations, serving on school-wide committees, reaching out to

prospective students, and organizing public service.

WRITING AND PRESENTATIONS:Tutorials, workshops, coursework,

and a well-staffed writing center develop the professional skills and

software savvy needed to persuasively articulate public policy positions

via written and oral presentations.

WORKING WITH DIVE RSITY:The University of Michigans long-

standing commitment to diversity ensures a learning environment

comprised of students, faculty, and staff with different backgrounds and

a wide range of experiencesproducing graduates equipped to lead.

COLLABORATION:Our coursework fosters a collaborative spirit

among our students, emphasizing team-based projects and teaching

students the value of cooperation and a shared commitment to success.

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A WE ALTH OF INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES

With a longstanding reputation for providing a rigorous profes-sional education to leaders in public policy analysis and publi

management, the Ford School and the University of Michiga

offer a rich and diverse set of academic and research resource

to graduate students seeking careers dedicated to cross-national and intern

tional issues.

THE CURRICULUM

Our core courses lay the analytical groundwork necessary to understand

international affairs, institutions, economic systems, and politics. Advanceelectives include classes on international trade, human rights, economic d

opment, national security, and diplomacy.

FACULTY RESOURCES

speakers to campus for lectures and student discussions, and serves as a

hub for international studies at the school

Service officer who is available to students

A DIVERSE STUDENT BODY

Fully 25% of the Ford Schools graduate student body comes from abroad

Last years incoming class included mid-career government officials as wel

Fulbright scholars and Ford Foundation Fellows from Colombia, Hong Ko

Japan, Pakistan, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, and Uganda.

WORK AND STUDY ABROAD

A growing number of students gain practical international experience

through their required summer internship. Around 25% intern outside of

U.S. each year in organizations such as the International Organization for

Migration, U.S. State Department, U.S. Agency for International Developme

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the World Bank, and Innovations for Poverty Actio

another 20% intern with a U.S.-based organization

that deals with international issues.

Two courses offer students the chance to travel

abroad: Introduction to Chinese Policy (PubPol 71

is a course that starts with classroom education an

ends with a trip to Beijing. For the annual Econom

and Social Policies in a Selected Emerging Market Economy, IEDP (Pub

674) trip, students and faculty learn about a developing country then trav

there to meet with policymakers, members of civil society, foreign devel

ment agencies, and university students. Destinations have included Cost

Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Jordan, Morocco, the Philippines, and Sene

GLOBAL MICHIGAN

The University of Michigan:

Area Studies Centers and Programs, which provide

classes, research opportunities, and events focused on specific regions

of the world. The Centers are housed under the International Institut

also a source of scholarships and funding for international internships

European Union Ce

of Excellence, making Ann Arbor one of the premier places to study

and learn about modern Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, and th

European Union

nearly fifty languages (full-time Ford School

students can take undergraduate language classes without charge)

world-class professional schools, including Business and La

giving Ford School students access to outstanding international cours

work in many disciplines

More: www.globalportal.umich.edu

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Professor Axelrod is best known for his inter-

disciplinary work on the evolution of

cooperation, including work on issues highly

relevant to international diplomatic negotiations.

His books include Harnessing Complexity(with

Michael D. Cohen), Conflict of Interest, The Struc-

ture of Decision, The Evolution of Cooperation,

and The Complexity of Cooperation.

Axelrods research has implications for an

enormous range of issues, from the Israeli-

Palestinian conflict to the fight against cancer,

and he has consulted and lectured for the United

Nations, the World Bank, the U.S. Department

of Defense, among other organizations.

Among his honors and awards are membership

the National Academy of Sciences, a MacArthu

Prize Fellowship, the Newcomb Cleveland Prize

of the American Association for the Advance-

ment of Sciences for an outstanding contribut

to science, the National Academy of Sciences

Award for Behavioral Research Relevant to the

Prevention of Nuclear War, the U-M Regents

Award for Distinguished Public Service, and

the 2011 Charles E. Merriam Award from the

American Political Science Association.

ROBERT AXELROD

Robert Axelrod: international security, formalmodels, complex adaptive systems

John D. Ciorciari: international politics, law,

and finance, particularly in Asia

Susan M. Collins: international economics,

growth experiences in developed and developing

countries, international economic integration.

Dean, Ford School.

Alan V. Deardor: international trade and trade

policy, Michigan Model of World Production and

Trade. Associate Dean, Ford School.

Kathryn M. Dominguez: international financial

markets, macroeconomics, foreign exchange rate

behavior

Mel Levitsky: retired Career Minister in the U.S.

Foreign Service, Ambassador to Brazil, 199498.

Member of the U.N. International Narcotics

Control Board (INCB).

Sharon Maccini: econometric evaluation of

public health policies in developing countries

Shobita Parthasarathy: comparative politics,science, technology, and health policy, particularly

in the U.S., Europe, and India

Philip B.K. Potter: interdependence and inter-

national conflict, transnational terrorism, public

opinion and media

Jan Svejnar: economic development and transition

labor economics, entrepreneurship, and behavior o

the firm. Director of the Ford Schools Internationa

Policy Center.

Susan E. Waltz: international policy issues related

to human rights, human security, and the smallarms trade

Marina v.N. Whitman: international trade and

investment, changing relationships between firms

and their constituencies, and current issues in

corporate governance and social responsibility

Dean Yang: international migration and remit-

tances, microfinance, international trade, health

and development, crime and corruption, disasters

and risk

FACULTY WITH AN INTERNATIONAL FOCUS

Walgreen Professor for the Study of Human Understanding at the

University of Michigan; Professor of Political Science and Public Policy

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The faculty of the Gerald R. Ford School of

Public Policy are an interdisciplinary group

who meet the criteria of academic excellencein the social science disciplines, are enthusiastic

teachers and mentors, and take seriously the

implications of their work for policy problems.

Their broad research interests are demonstrated

by the wide range of units with which they hold

joint appointmentsincluding economics, political

science, sociology, history, math, business, social

work, education, natural resources, information,

and urban planning.

For more information on each faculty member,

please visit us online: www.fordschool.umich.edu.

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J AC O B AV ERY is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Research and Training Program on Poverty and

Public Policy at the National Poverty Center at the Ford School. His research interests include

urban poverty, social service provision, culture, and fieldwork methods. He received his PhD in

Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. His dissertation research was an ethnographic

account of street life in Atlantic City, NJ. Specifically, he examined how a network of chronically

homeless and chemically addicted individuals experienced their precarious condition on a dailybasis; and how/why they subsist without aid from formal systems of support. While at Michiga

he will develop his dissertation research into a book manuscript. During Fall 2012, he will begin

his appointment as assistant professor of sociology at the University of California Irvine.

ROBERT AXELROD is the Walgreen Professor for the Study of Human Understanding at the

University of Michigan. He has appointments in the Department of Political Science and the

Ford School of Public Policy. His areas of specialization include international security, formal

models, and complex adaptive systems. Bobs books include Harnessing Complexity (with Michae

D. Cohen), Conflict of Interest, The Structure of Decision, The Evolution of Cooperation, and The

Complexity of Cooperation. His work focuses on questions of how patterns of social behavior

emerge. He draws on the current research in a wide range of disciplines, including biology,psychology, and computer science. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and

former President of the American Political Science Association. He is also the winner of several

national awards and was named a MacArthur Prize Fellow. He is a graduate of the University of

Chicago and received his PhD from Yale University.

PAULA CAPRONI is a Lecturer at the Ford School of Public Policy and at the Ross School of

Business. In addition to her teaching, she is the Director of the Day MBA program and the

Professional Development Coach for the Executive MBA Program. She has taught Executive

Education courses in the U.S., Hong Kong, Malaysia, Manila, Shanghai, and Vietnam, as well as

Ross Global MBA programs in Hong Kong, Brazil, and South Korea. In 2008, Caproni received

the Victor L. Bernard Teaching Leadership Award for outstanding contributions in the areas of

leadership, interpersonal skills, and team development. Her book,Management Skills for Everyda

Life: The Practical Coach, is in its third edition. At the Ford School, Caproni teaches the profession

development class. She earned her PhD in Organizational Behavior from Yale University.

J OHN R . CHAMBE RLIN is a Professor of Political Science and Public Policy. His research

interests include ethics and public policy, nonprofit management, and methods of election and

representation. He teaches the core course Values, Ethics, and Public Policy at the Ford Schoo

He was the Director of the Ford Schools BA in Public Policy program from 200711 and the

Director of U-Ms Center for Ethics in Public Life from 200811. John has a BS in Industrial

Engineering from Lehigh University and a PhD in Decision Sciences from the Graduate School

of Business at Stanford University.

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J OHN D. CI ORCI ARI is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy. His interests include internation

law and politics, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. He is the author ofThe Limits of Alignmen

Southeast Asia and the Great Powers since 1975 (Georgetown University Press, 2010). His current

research projects examine various aspects of international relations and human rights in Asia.

Before coming to Michigan, he was a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Shorenstein

Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Research Center, both at Stanford University. From 200407, he serveda policy official in the U.S. Treasury Departments Office of International Affairs. He is a senior

legal advisor to the Documentation Center of Cambodia, which promotes historical memory an

justice for the atrocities of the Pol Pot regime. He is also a Bernard Schwartz Associate Fellow a

the Asia Society and term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He holds an A.B. and J.

from Harvard and an M.Phil. and D.Phil. from Oxford.

DAVID K. COHEN is the John Dewey Professor of Education in the School of Education andProfessor of Public Policy at the Ford School. His research focuses on the relationships between

education policy and classroom practice in K12 education, and on efforts to improve schooling

He was co-director of a national study of efforts to improve teaching and learning in high-pover

elementary schools. A nationally recognized authority on educational reform, David taught atHarvard and Michigan State before coming to the University of Michigan. At the Ford School h

teaches a class in education policy. David received his PhD from the University of Rochester.

MICHAEL D. COHEN is the William D. Hamilton Collegiate Professor of Complex Systems,

Information, and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. He uses his research on theories

of complex systems to study organizational learning and routines, and their interactions with

information technology. His teaching and research have been applied to the design of better

information resources for social service, educational, and health organizations. He has a PhD

in Social Science from the University of California, Irvine and a BA in History from Stanford

University.

SUSAN M. COLLINS is the Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy at the Ford School an

a Professor of Public Policy and Economics. Before coming to Michigan, she was a professor of

economics at Georgetown University and a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution, where

retains a nonresident affiliation. Her area of expertise is international economics, including issue

in both macroeconomics and trade. Her current work explores understanding the recent financi

crisis, as well as growth experiences in selected industrial and developing countries. She recently

co-authored studies comparing experiences in China and India, and examined challenges to

economic growth in Puerto Rico. She is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Econom

Research and in 200608 was an elected member of the American Economic Association (AEA)

Executive Committee. Collins served as a senior staff economist on the Presidents Council of

Economic Advisers during 198990 and chaired the AEA Committee on the Status of Minority

Groups during 199498. Collins received her BA in Economics from Harvard University and her

PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


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MARY E. CORCORAN is a Professor of Political Science, Public Policy, and Womens Studies. H

research focuses on the effects of gender and race discrimination on economic status and earnin

and on professional womens career trajectories. Mary has published articles on intergeneration

mobility, the underclass, and sex-based and race-based inequality. She teaches seminars on pover

and inequality, and on women and employment. Mary received her PhD from the Massachusett

Institute of Technology.

PAUL N. COURANT is the University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, Harold T. Shapiro

Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of Economics, and

Professor of Information at the University of Michigan. From 200205 he served as Provost and

Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairsthe chief academic and budget officer of the

University. He has also served as the Associate Provost for Academic and Budgetary Affairs, Chair o

the Department of Economics, and Director of the Institute of Public Policy Studies (which is now

the Ford School). In 197980 he was a Senior Staff Economist at the Council of Economic Adviser

Courant has authored half a dozen books, and over seventy papers covering a broad range of topic

in economics and public policy. Most recently, his academic work has considered the economics of

universities, the economics of libraries and archives, and the effects of new information technologiand other disruptions on scholarship, scholarly publication, and academic libraries. Courant holds

BA in History from Swarthmore College (1968), an MA in Economics from Princeton University

(1973), and a PhD in Economics from Princeton University (1974).

J AS ON MARC C ROS S is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Science, Technology, and Public Policy

Program. His research focuses on the role of science and technology in democratic governance,

particularly in Latin America. His dissertation looks at the effect of monitoring procedures and

techniques in the democratization of postwar El Salvador, examining cases in the areas of citizen

participation, rule of law, and accountability reform. With a background in global health and

intellectual property, Cross worked with El Salvadors Ministry of Health in the reform of the

countrys pharmaceutical sector. He earned his JD and completed PhD studies (ABD) in Cultura

Anthropology at Duke University.

LIYUAN DAI is a PhD candidate in the School of Public Administration and Policy at Renm

University of China. He will be a visiting scholar at the Ford School from September 2011

to May 2012. His major is public finance. His research interests include macroeconomics,

international trade, and international f inance. He has published several papers on economi

in journals and attended several research programs for different economic departments of

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SANDRA DANZIGER is the Director of the Michigan Program on Poverty and Social Welfa

Policy at the Ford School. Her primary research interests are the effects of public programs

and policies on the well-being of disadvantaged families, poverty policy and social service

programs, demographic trends in child and family well-being, gender issues across the life

course, program evaluation, and qualitative research methods. Her current research examin

the role of welfare policy and programs in addressing barriers to work among single motheShe is evaluating a family support program provided by Starfish Family Services and

conducted an implementation study of Michigans Jobs, Education, and Training pilot

projects. She was a principal investigator on the Womens Employment Study. Danziger

previously researched how Michigans General Assistance welfare recipients fared after

Governor Engler terminated this income support program.

SHELDON H. DANZIGER is the Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public

Policy, Director of the National Poverty Center at the Ford School, and Research Professor at

the Population Studies Center. Danziger studies the effects of economic, demographic, and pub

policy changes on trends in poverty and inequality, and the effects of social policy reforms on

economic well-being. He is currently studying the effects of the great recession and the economstimulus on workers, families, and children in Southeast Michigan. He is the co-author of

America Unequal (1995) andDetroit Divided (2000), and co-editor of numerous books, including

Understanding Poverty (2001), Working and Poor(2006),Price of Independence (2007), and Changing

Poverty, Changing Policies (2009). Sheldon is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and

Sciences, a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow, the 2010 John Kenneth

Galbraith Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and Director of

the Research and Training Program on Poverty and Public Policy. He received his PhD in

Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

KATRINELL M. DAVIS is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Poverty Center at the Ford

School. She received her PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley in 2008.

She is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Vermont, where she teaches race

and ethnic relations courses, as well as courses exploring the intersections between race, gender

and work trends within the American labor market. Her recent work explores the institutional

features of the postindustrial era U.S. labor market and how these factors affect the employmen

opportunities available to low-skilled African American women workers. While at Michigan, Da

will develop a manuscript that explores the structure of job opportunities available to high scho

educated African American women employed as transit operators in the San Francisco Bay area

MATTHEW DAVIS , MD, MAPP, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable

Diseases, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the Medical School, and Associate Professo

of Public Policy at the Ford School. Dr. Davis current work focuses on vaccination policy issues

child and family health insurance issues, and innovations in health care delivery. He is the faculty

lead for the MD/MPP dual degree program at the U-M. He also serves as a mentor for research

fellows and graduate students, and as an active clinician within the U-M Health System. Dr. Dav

earned his MD cum laude from Harvard Medical School, and an MA in Public Policy from the

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ALAN V. DEARDORFF is the Associate Dean of the Ford School, John W. Sweetland Professor

International Economics, and Professor of Public Policy. Alans research focuses on internationa

trade. With Bob Stern, he has developed the Michigan Model of World Production and Trade,

which is used to estimate the effects of trade agreements. Alan is also doing theoretical work in

international trade and trade policy. He has served as a consultant to the U.S. Departments of

Commerce, Labor, State, and Treasury, and to international organizations including theOrganization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the World Bank. Alan received

his PhD from Cornell University.

ELENA DELBANCO is a Lecturer in Expository Writing and has been teaching at the Ford

School since 1987. Before that, she worked as a journalist, editor, and Associate Director of

the Bennington Writing Workshops in Vermont. With a background in social work, she

taught for Head Start and Mobilization for Youth in the 1960s, and then directed educationa

programs at Phoenix House, New York Citys residential drug treatment program. At the F

School, she joins her long-term interests in policy with her commitment to its excellent and

persuasive articulation.

J OHN DI NARDO is a Professor of Economics and Public Policy, and a Visiting Professor at the

Law School. His interests include applied econometrics, labor economics, health economics,

political science, and econometrics. Most recently, his work has included a chapter on

metastatistics for the Handbook of Applied Econometrics, a chapter on Program Evaluation Metho

for the Handbook of Labor Economics, and writing on natural experiments for theNew Palgrave

Dictionary of Economics. John also wrote articles on the finite sample properties of semi-paramet

treatment effect estimators, and the effect of Hawaiis employer health insurance mandate on

labor market outcomes. John received an MPP from the University of Michigan and his PhD

from Princeton University.

KATHRYN M. DOMINGUEZ is a Professor of Public Policy and Economics. Her research

interests include topics in international financial markets and macroeconomics. She has written

numerous articles on foreign exchange rate behavior, and is author ofExchange Rate Efficiency an

the Behavior of International Asset Markets andDoes Foreign Exchange Intervention Work? (with Jeff

Frankel). She is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Fed

Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She has also worked as a research consultant for USAID, the

Federal Reserve System, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank. Kathryn teache

macroeconomics, finance, and international economics at the Ford School. She received her PhD

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DR. JAMES J . DUDERSTADT is President Emeritus and University Professor of Science andEngineering. A graduate of Yale (BSE in electrical engineering) and Caltech (MS and PhD in

engineering science and physics), Dr. Duderstadts teaching, research, and publishing activities

include nuclear science and engineering, applied physics, computer simulation, science policy, a

higher education policy. He has served on and chaired numerous National Academy and federal

commissions including the National Science Board; the National Academies Committee onScience, Engineering, and Public Policy; the DOEs Nuclear Energy Research Advisory

Committee; and the NSFs Advisory Committee on Cyberinfrastructure, and the Intelligence

Science Board. He has received numerous awards including the E. O. Lawrence Award for

excellence in nuclear research, the Arthur Holly Compton Prize for outstanding teaching, the

Reginald Wilson Award for national leadership in achieving diversity, and the National Medal of

Technology for exemplary service to the nation. He currently teaches in the Science, Technolog

and Public Policy Program at the Ford School, and conducts research in the Millennium Project

a think-tank exploring the impact of over-the-horizon technologies on society, located in the

James and Anne Duderstadt Center on the Universitys North Campus.

SUSAN M. DYNARSKI is an Associate Professor of Education, Public Policy, and Economicsat the University of Michigan. She is a Faculty Research Associate at the National Bureau of

Economic Research and has been a Visiting Fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and

Princeton University. She is an editor of The Journal of Labor Economics and Education Finance and

Policy. Dynarskis research focuses on charter schools, demand for private schooling, historical

trends in inequality in educational attainment, and the optimal design of financial aid. Her past

research explored the impact of grants and loans on educational attainment, and the distribution

consequences of tax incentives for college saving. Dynarski has testified to the U.S. Senate Finan

Committee, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, and the Presidents Commission on

Tax Reform. She holds an AB and a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard, and a PhD in

economics from MIT.

J AME S E LLI CKSON -BROWN is the Diplomat in Residence at the Ford School. During his

25-year career, he has served in six countries Cyprus, Greece, Haiti, Indonesia, Malaysia, and

Norway. He is the recipient of Superior Honor Awards from the Department of State for his wo

in Haiti and assisting foreign journalists covering the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.

Mr. Ellickson-Brown holds a B.S. in Sociology and an M.A. in Education from the University of

Oregon. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, he was a teacher in the public school system of his

native state of Oregon. Pursuing a life-long interest in music, Mr. Ellickson-Brown has studied

the musical traditions of the countries where he has served, and utilized traditional and popular

American music as a means of introducing foreign audiences to American history and culture.

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BEN FALIK is the Manager of Detroit Service Initiatives for Repair the World, a national

nonprofit committed to making service a defining element of Jewish life, learning, and leadershi

In 2002, Ben co-founded Summer in the City, a Detroit nonprofit that has since mobilized over

100,000 hours of service in Detroit. Ben graduated with a JD from the University of Michigan L

School and a Masters of Public Policy degree from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at

the University of Michigan. In 2004, Ben graduated from Columbia University with a BA in UrbStudies; he was the food editor of the Columbia Spectator, and hooker for Columbia Rugby. Ben

is a columnist forRed Thread Magazine, and community correspondent for Street Beat on the CW5

REYNOLDS FARLEY is a Research Scientist at the Population Studies Center in the Institute

for Social Research, and the Otis Dudley Duncan Professor Emeritus in the Department of

Sociology. His research focuses on current population trends in the United States with an

emphasis on racial differences. He participated in the 1980, 1990, and 2000 census research ser

sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation, and directed the University of Michigans Detroit

Area Study three times. He has written extensively about racial and economic trends in the

Detroit area, maintains the website www.Detroit1701.org, which focuses on the history and

future of that metropolis, and has prepared several reports about recent trends in Michigan.Farley earned his doctoral degree at the University of Chicago and taught at Duke University

before coming to the University of Michigan. At the Ford School, he teaches a course on the

history and future of Detroit.

LARISSA FORSTER is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

Her research interests include foreign policy, national security, diplomacy, conflict resolution,

military strategy, and media studies. She is currently working with Professor Robert Axelrod

on a project with ARTIS Research and Risk Modeling on case-based influence in conflict

management. The project researches how historical analogies are used to make sense of curr

situations. The goal is to develop and test a new Theory of Case-Based Influence that will b

useful not only in understanding the past, but through understanding how choices are actuall

made, will also be useful in influencing the future. Larissa received her PhD from the Univers

of Zurich, Switzerland.

LILIANA M. GARCES is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the National Poverty Center at the Ford

School. She received her doctorate in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of

Education in 2011. Her work bridges the fields of law and social science research to inform

policies that may assist educators address socioeconomic and racial/ethnic inequities across

K12 and postsecondary education. Her dissertation research, supported by a Spencer

Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, analyzes the causal impact that affirmative action bans

have had on student of color enrollment in graduate studies. Prior to pursuing her doctorate

in Education, she served as a law clerk for the Honorable John C. Coughenour, United States

District Court, Western District of Washington, and worked as a public interest attorney in

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ELISABETH R. GERBER is a Professor of Public Policy at the Ford School. Her current resear

focuses on intergovernmental cooperation, land use and economic development policy, local fisc

capacity, and local political accountability. She has written articles on direct democracy, election

reform, primary elections, legislative process, voter behavior, land use policy and political

representation, and is the author of The Populist Paradox: Interest Group Influence and the Promise of

Direct Legislation (1999), co-author of Stealing the Initiative: How State Government Responds to DireDemocracy (2000), and co-editor of Voting at the Political Fault Line: Californias Experiment with the

Blanket Primary (2001) andMichigan at the Millennium (2003). She received her PhD in Political

Science from the University of Michigan.

J AMI E GILLIE S is a Lecturer at the Ford School and a 2012 U-M Telluride House Faculty Fellow

He has taught at the Ford School since 2009. In 2007, he was a Canada-United States Fulbright

Scholar in Washington, D.C., and a Guest Scholar in the Brookings Institution Governance Stud

Program and at the Georgetown University Public Policy Institute. Since then, he has taught at t

University of Glasgow, the University of Victoria, and the University of New Brunswick; he is

currently a Lecturer at St. Thomas University. His recent work has focused on presidents and th

closest White House advisers, and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Gilliecompleted his PhD in Political Science at the University of British Columbia in 2011.

EDIE N. GOLDENBERG is a Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, and director of

the Ford Schools BA in Public Policy program. She served as Dean of the College of Literature

Science, and the Arts from 198998, and is the founding Director of the Michigan in Washingto

Program. Her research interests include the politics of higher education; her most recent book i

Off-Track Profs: Nontenured Teachers in Higher Education (MIT Press, 2009), co-authored with John

Cross. She is also author ofMaking the Papers: The Access of Resource Poor Groups to the Metropolita

Papers, and co-author ofCampaigning for Congress. Edie served in the federal Office of Personnel

Management. She is a member of the National Academy of Public Administration and a life

member of the MIT Corporation. Edie served as Director of the Ford School from 198789.

ROBERT GUENZEL is a Lecturer at the Ford School. He is on the Board of Directors for Ann

Arbor SPARK, the public-private partnership to advance innovation-based economic developme

in the greater Ann Arbor region. He served as the Administrator for Washtenaw County, Michigan

for 16 years and retired in 2010. Prior to that he practiced law for 25 years and served as a trial

attorney for the National Labor Relations Board. Guenzel was a co-convener of the Washtenaw

County Task Force on Homelessness and the communitys Blueprint to End Homelessness. He als

served as Chair of the Washtenaw Development Council, and as a board member of the Alliance

for Innovation Group, the Criminal Justice Collaborative Council, and the Success by Six initiative

He serves as the Chair of the Washtenaw Housing Alliance and the Co-Chair of the Washtenaw

County Health Initiative. At the Ford School, he teaches Local Government Leadership in Times

of Change. Guenzel earned his BBA and JD from the University of Michigan.



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NEEL HAJRA is a Lecturer at the Ford School. He is currently the Chief Operating Officer and

Vice President for Community Investment at the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation. His

background includes a CEO role at Nonprofit Enterprise at Work and several years as a corpora

attorney at Ford Motor Company. In 2009 Neel was named as an American Express NGen Fellow

and in 2010 he was honored with an Aspen Institute Fellowship for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders

At the Ford School, he teaches about management and policy in the nonprofit sector. Neelreceived a BS in physics and JD from the University of Michigan.

RICHARD L. HALL is a Professor of Political Science and Public Policy. His research focuses on

American national politics. He has studied participation and representation in Congress, campai

finance reform, congressional oversight, and he is currently writing a book on interest group

lobbying and political money in national policymaking, and beginning a project on political issu

advertising. Rick is author ofParticipation in Congress (1996). Prior to coming to the Ford School

he served in a staff role on Capitol Hill. At the Ford School, Rick teaches the core course on the

political environment of policy analysis; policy advocacy; the politics of health policy; and the co

undergraduate course in political institutions. He received his PhD from the University of North

Carolina at Chapel Hill.

DAVID HARDING is an Associate Professor of Public Policy and Sociology, and a Research Assoc

Professor, Population Studies Center and Survey Research Center at the U-M Institute for Social

Research. He studies urban poverty and inequality, incarceration and prisoner reentry, education,

and methods for causal inference. His book,Living the Drama: Community, Conflict, and Culture Amon

Inner-City Boys (University of Chicago Press, 2010), examines the role of neighborhoods in adolesce

outcomes related to education, and romantic and sexual behavior, focusing on exposure to violenc

and the cultural context of poor communities. Harding is currently working on projects on prisone

reentry, the effects of community context on adolescents and young adults, and for-profit colleges

and educational inequality. He employs both quantitative and qualitative methods.

STEVE HEMELT is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Ford School of Public Policy. His

research interests focus on education, economics, and policy. He is interested in how accountabi

structures affect students and schools, the influence of teachers on students, and how tuition

changes affect college choice. In the past, he has studied the impact of additional learning time

on student performance, and the usefulness of college double majors in the labor market. Prior

joining the Ford School, he was an Assistant Professor of Politics at Cornell College. He receive

undergraduate degrees in Economics and Spanish, a Masters degree in Economic Policy Analys

and his PhD in Public Policy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

YAZIER HENRY is a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Ford School, the Center for Afroamerican

and African Studies, and the African Studies Center. He is a professional human and social rights

activist, and has written and published on the politics of memory, trauma, identity, sustainable

peace, and Truth Commissions. He has in-depth experience in strategic communications, politic

strategy, and tactics. Henry is a former anti-apartheid activist and the founding director of the

Direct Action Centre for Peace and Memory in Cape Town, South Africa. His research interests

in how structural and administrative violence comes to be normalized after the inauguration of

the post-colonial state. At the Ford School, Henry teaches Social Activism, Democracy, and

Globalization from the Perspective of the Global South, Apology, Reconciliation, Reparations

and Public Policy, and the core course, Values, Ethics and Public Policy.



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J OHN H IEFTJ E is a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Ford School. He has been the Mayor of AnnArbor since 2000. John has served on the boards of numerous organizations, including the Huro

River Watershed Council, the Lake Superior Conservancy, and Watershed Council. He is the Co

Chair of the Washtenaw Metro Alliance, and has served as Chair of Recycle Ann Arbor and of t

Urban Core Mayors of Michigan. He has received several environmental awards, including:

Environmental Leadership Award from the Michigan League of Conservation Voters (2008), LoElected Official of the Year Award from the Michigan Recreation and Parks Association (2004), a

the Conservation Leadership Award from the Greater Detroit Audubon Society (2003). John wa

appointed to the Michigan Climate Action Council by Governor Granholm in 2008.

RUSTY HILLS is a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Ford School. He is currently Director of Pub

Affairs for Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, after having successfully managed Schuette

campaign for AG. Hills has spent the better part of two decades in public service and politics. He

was twice elected unanimously to serve as Chair of the Michigan Republican Party. Before that,

Hills served ten years as one of Governor John Englers chief lieutenants. Prior to politics, Hills

worked as a reporter and anchorman for CBS and NBC television affiliates in Lansing, Jackson, a

Flint, Michigan. Hills has a Bachelor of Arts in Telecommunications degree from Michigan StateUniversity and a Master of Government degree from the University of Notre Dame.

J ILL R . HO RWITZ is a Professor of Law, co-director of Michigans Law and Economics Progra

a Professor of Health Policy and Management at Michigans School of Public Health, and has an

appointment at the Ford School. She was the Louis and Myrtle Moskowitz Research Professor o

Business and Law from 20092010. Her scholarly interests include health law and policy, nonpro

law and policy, torts, and empirical law and economics. She holds a BA with honors from

Northwestern University and an MPP, JD, magna cum laude, and PhD in health policy, all from

Harvard University. Professor Horwitz was a law clerk for Judge Norman Stahl of the U.S. Cour

of Appeals for the First Circuit.

J AME S S . HO USE is the Angus Campbell Distinguished University Professor of Survey ResearPublic Policy, and Sociology. His research has focused on the role of social and psychological

factors in the etiology and course of health and illness, including the role of psychosocial factors

in understanding and alleviating social disparities in health, and the way health changes with age

He has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Institute of Medicine,

and the National Academy of Sciences. At the Ford School he teaches courses in health policy.

Recently, Jim co-edited Social and Economic Policy as Health Policy: Rethinking Americas Approach to

Improving Health (with Bob Schoeni of the Ford School and others), andA Telescope on Society:

Survey Research & Social Science at the University of Michigan and Beyond. He is currently working

a book tentatively titled: Beyond Health Care Reform: Social Determinants and Disparities in Health a

Americas Paradoxical Crisis of Health Care and Health. He received his PhD in Social Psychology

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BRIAN A. JACOB is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, Professor of

Economics, and Director of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) at the Ford

School. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Brian cam

to Michigan from Harvard Universitys Kennedy School of Government; he previously served a

policy analyst in the NYC Mayors Office, and taught middle school in East Harlem. His primary

fields of interest are labor economics, program evaluation, and the economics of education.Brians current research focuses on urban school reform, with a particular emphasis on standard

and accountability initiatives. At the Ford School, he teaches Economics of Education and clas

focused on education policy. The Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPA

presented the David N. Kershaw Award to Brian in 2008 for his contributions to public policy

analysis and management. He received a BA from Harvard University in 1992 and a PhD in Publ

Policy from the University of Chicago.

MARIA JOHNSON is the Program Director and Research Fellow for the Center for Public Polic

in Diverse Societies at the Ford School. Her primary research interests center on the influence o

race, gender, and class on family relationships and family policies. Her current research examine

the intersection of race and gender discourse within: 1) African-American father-daughterrelationships, 2) federal fatherhood policies, and 3) research on black fathers. She will teach Soc

Inequality and Public Policy at the Ford School during the Winter 2012 term. She earned a PhD

Public Policy and Sociology from the University of Michigan and a BA in History from Hampto

University.

ASHLEY LANGER is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy. Her research interests are in

environmental economics, energy economics, and industrial organization. She is currently

investigating consumer demand for automobiles and the implications for energy and

environmental policy. She has also done research on price discrimination in the new vehicle mar

based on consumer demographics and the impact of congestion tolling on urban land use. Ashl

teaches a core course in the graduate microeconomics sequence as well as an elective course in

environmental regulation. Ashley previously worked at the Brookings Institution and received h

PhD in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

AMBASSADOR MELVYN LEVITSKY , a retired senior American diplomat, is Professor of

International Policy and Practice at the Ford School; a Senior Fellow of the Schools Internation

Policy Center; a member of the Operating Committee of the U-Ms Substance Abuse Research

Center (UMSARC); a member of the Steering Committee of the Universitys Weiser Center for

Emerging Democracies; and a Faculty Associate of the Center for Russian and East European

Studies (CREES) and of the European Union CenterCenter for European Studies (EUC-CES)

In May 2006 he was re-elected by a vote in the United Nations Economic and Social Council to a

seat on the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), an independent body of internationa

experts headquartered in Vienna, Austria. During his 35-year career as a U.S. Foreign Service

Officer, Mel was Ambassador to Brazil from 199498 and before that held such senior positions

Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters, Executive Secretary of the State

Department, Ambassador to Bulgaria, Deputy Director of the Voice of America, and Deputy

Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights. On his retirement he received the Secretary of

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HELEN LEVY is a Research Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Research, where she is

affiliated with the Health and Retirement Study, a long-running longitudinal study of health and

economic dynamics at older ages. Her research interests include the causes and consequences of

lacking health insurance, evaluation of public health insurance programs, and the role of health

literacy in explaining disparities in health outcomes. She teaches health economics at the Ford

School. Before coming to the University of Michigan she was an Assistant Professor at the HarriGraduate School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago. She is a Research Associa

at the National Bureau of Economic Research and has served as a Senior Economist to the

Presidents Council of Economic Advisers. She received a PhD in economics from Princeton.

ANN CHIH LIN is an Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science. Ann is co-princi

investigator on the Detroit Arab American Study, a landmark public opinion survey of Arab

Americans in Detroit, and a co-author of a book on the study, Citizenship in Crisis: Arab Detroit af

9/11. She studies and teaches immigration policy and has a continuing interest in the design and

implementation of policies to eradicate poverty and socio-economic disadvantage. With David

Harris, she is the co-author of the collection, The Colors of Poverty: Why Racial and Ethnic Dispari

in Poverty Continue to Exist. She is the author ofReform in the Making: The Implementation of SocialPolicy in Prison and the co-editor, with Sheldon Danziger, ofCoping with Poverty: The Social Conte

of Neighborhood, Work, and Family in the African-American Community. Ann teaches courses on pub

policy implementation, gender and politics, qualitative research methods, and immigration. She

serves on national and local boards and was formerly a social worker with Covenant House in

New York City. Ann received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago.

WEI LIU is a Lecturer at the Ford School. She is a faculty member at the School of Public

Administration, Renmin University of China. Her studies focus on decision-making in

international organizations and China politics. Liu has been working closely with Chinas

central and local governments for policy consulting and personnel training. At the Ford Schoo

Liu teaches Chinese Foreign Policy. She received her PhD in political science from Arizona Sta

University in 2009.

XIN LIU is a visiting professor of public policy at the Ford School and a professor in the

School of Public Administration at Renmin University of China. He was a Fulbright visiting

scholar at Harvard University from 20092010 and a visiting scholar at Ghent University of

Belgium from 19981999. His research interests include labor economics and labor market

policies, human resources management, and development. At the Ford School, he teaches

China Economic Reforms. He received his PhD in Economics from Renmin University of

China.

SHARON MACCINI is a Lecturer of Public Policy. She has taught courses in public health,

public finance, and applied microeconomics. As a health economist, her overarching research

interest is the econometric evaluation of public health policies in developing countries. Sharons

research has focused on the impact of decentralization on health outcomes and public health, an

the role of environmental conditions at birth on health and socioeconomic status in adulthood.

Sharon holds a BA in Political Science from Brown University and a PhD in Health Policy from

Harvard University.



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J EFFRE Y K. MACKIE -MAS ON is the U-M Dean of the School of Information and Arthur W.

Burks Collegiate Professor of Information and Computer Science. He is also a Professor of

Economics and a Professor of Public Policy. In his research he has answered questions related to

digital information economics, information system design, information networks economics, an

market structure and competition for the Internet, computing, and communications industries.

He has served as a consultant to both private industry and public utilities. In 2010 he received thUniversity of Michigan Rackham Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award. A Ford School

graduate, Jeff received his PhD from MIT. He teaches courses on information economics,

information networks policy, incentive-centered design, and the role of information in human

choice and learning. He created and for its first eight years directed STIET, a multi-department,

multi-disciplinary doctoral research and training program in incentive-centered design for

information systems and technologies, which has received over $9 million in funding from the

National Science Foundation, the University of Michigan, and Wayne State University.

BRIAN MCCALL is a Professor of Economics, Education, and Public Policy. He is an Associate

Editor ofEconomics of Education Review. His research interests include the economics of higher

education, labor economics, applied econometrics, econometric methods in duration data, quasexperimental methods, health economics, and the incentive effects of social insurance programs

The Spencer Foundation and the Institute of Education Sciences fund his current projects on th

economics of higher education. He has consulted the U.S. Government Accountability Office an

Human Resources and Skills Development in Canada. His most recent book is The Economics of

Search (with J.J. McCall).

ISAAC MCFARLIN JR. is Assistant Research Scientist of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School o

Public Policy. A labor economist focused on education policy, Mr. McFarlin is a Research Associa

with the Texas Schools Project at the University of Texas at Dallas. His work examines the effica

of college remediationalso known as developmental educationin promoting academic

performance and educational attainment. More recently, he is evaluating the consequences of

across-the-board tuition subsidies offered by community colleges. Mr. McFarlin received his

undergraduate degree in Economics and Mathematics from Boston University and PhD in

Economics from Northwestern University.

ROWAN MIRANDA is an Adjunct Professor in the Ford School and Associate Vice President

(AVP) for finance at the University of Michigan. He teaches courses related to budgeting, urban

policy, and public management. As AVP of Finance, he is responsible for the oversight of the

universitys central financial functions (accounts payable, accounts receivable, procurement,

accounting, payroll, and sponsored programs), the external audited financial statements, financi

analysis, internal controls, tax management, and treasury functions including cash, debt, and ris

management. Rowan has served on the faculty of University of Chicago, University of Pittsburg

Carnegie-Mellon University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has also published on

a broad range of topics including public budgeting, taxation, economic development finance,

privatization, and enterprise systems. He holds a PhD in Public Policy Analysis from the Univer

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DAVID MORSE is a Lecturer in Expository Writing at the Ford School. Before completing a

masters degree in fiction writing from the University of Michigan, he edited for an education

non-profit organization in Washington, DC, and taught English as a Second Language in

Iwakuni, Japan. His fiction has appeared in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2006, as well as

magazines such as One Story, The Missouri Review, and Short Fiction. His first play was perform

in collaboration with the Takcs Quartet and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival in Boulder inthe fall of 2010.

EDWARD A. (TED) PARSON is Joseph L. Sax Collegiate Professor of Law, Professor of Natur

Resources and Environment, and Professor of Public Policy at U-M. His research examines

international environmental policy, the role of science and technology in public policy, and the

political economy of regulation. Parsons recent articles have appeared inNature,Science, Climat

Change,Issues in Science and Technology, theJournal of Economic Literature, and theAnnual Review o

Energy and the Environment. His most recent books are The Science and Politics of Global Climate

Change (Cambridge, 2010, 2nd edition, with Andrew Dessler), andProtecting the Ozone Layer: Scie

and Strategy (Oxford, 2003), which won the 2004 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award of the

International Studies Association. At the Ford School, he teaches Thinking Analytically for Poliand Decisions. He holds degrees in Physics from the University of Toronto, in Management

Science from the University of British Columbia, and a PhD in Public Policy from Harvard.

SHOBITA PARTHASARATHY is Associate Professor of Public Policy. Her research focuses onthe governance of science and technology that has uncertain environmental, social, ethical,

political, and health implications. She focuses her work on the United States, Europe, and India.

She is the author of multiple articles and a book, entitled Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer,

Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care (MIT Press, 2007). Her second book will

compare the controversies over patenting biotechnology and traditional knowledge in the Unite

States and Europe. She has also started a new research project analyzing the international

governance challenges posed by geoengineering, large-scale technologies designed to mitigate

climate change. Shobita teaches courses in genetics and biotechnology policy, science and

technology policy, and the policy process. She received her undergraduate degree from the

University of Chicago and PhD from Cornell University.

ASAF PLAN is a postdoctoral fellow at the Ford School and in the department of Economics at

the University of Michigan. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of California

Berkeley. Plans research is primarily in dynamic game theory.

PHILIP B. K. POTTER is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Political Science. His

primary research interests are in international relations and U.S. foreign policy. His current

research explores the relationship between interdependence and international conflict, the

role of networks in transnational terrorism, and the effect of electoral cycles on foreign

policy. Philip holds a BA from McGill University and a PhD from the University of Californ



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BARRY RABE is the Arthur Thurnau Professor in the Ford School, with additional appointmen

in the Department of Political Science, the Program in the Environment, and the School of

Natural Resources and Environment. He is also a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings

Institution. Much of his recent research examines sub-federal development of policies to reduce

greenhouse gases in the United States and other federal systems. In 2006, Barry became the first

social scientist to receive a Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency in recognition of his contribution to both scholarship and policymaking. He is the auth

of four books and the editor of Greenhouse Governance: Addressing Climate Change Policy in the Uni

States, published in late 2010 by the Brookings Press. Barry was a fellow of the National Academ

of Public Administration in 2009 and served on the 2010 NAPA panel that advised Congress and

the Commerce Department on the proposed creation of a National Climate Service. He teaches

public management, environmental policy, and a seminar on climate change at the Ford School

ALEX RALPH is a Lecturer in Expository Writing at the Ford School. For over a decade he

taught in the Sweetland Center for Writing and the English Department at the University of

Michigan. In 2009 he received the English Departments Ben Prize for excellence in the teachi

of writing. Alex also serves as an instructor in the Public Policy and International Affairssummer institute. He received his BA from Swarthmore College and an MFA in Creative Writ

from Michigan.

AMANDA ROTH received her PhD in Philosophy at the University of Michigan in 2010, and wa

a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Ethics in Public Life at U-M from 20102011. Her researc

and teaching interests include ethics, political philosophy, feminist philosophy, philosophy of law

bioethics, and philosophy of science. Her current research projects focus on what we do while

engaging in moral deliberation; the idea of ethical objectivity; reproductive ethics, feminist

epistemology, and sexual orientation; and identity and discrimination law. During her time at th

Center for Ethics in Public Life, she advised the Michigan Ethics Bowl Team, organized a

workshop on teaching ethics in the professions, and coordinated the seminar speakers invited by

the fellows of the Center. She most recently taught Philosophy 160, Moral Principles and

Problems. Amanda received a bachelors degree in philosophy and womens studies at Lafayette

College, and as an undergraduate, she wrote an honors thesis on contemporary theories of

egalitarianism and worked on an oral history project with the College Archives documenting

Lafayettes transition to coeducation.

CRAIG RUFF is a Lecturer in Public Policy. He is a Senior Policy Fellow at Public Sector

Consultants, a Lansing, Michigan, firm specializing in health, education, economic, and

environmental policy. He was President of the firm from 1986 to 2006. Prior to joining the firm

he served for eleven years in the executive office of the governor, working primarily on human

services issues and serving as chief of staff to the lieutenant governor. He is a member of civic

boards, including the University of Michigan Alumni Association, Eduguide, ArtServe Michigan

and the CLOSUP National Advisory Board. At the Ford School, he teaches courses on state polit

and policies. Craig received his AB and MPP from the University of Michigan.



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PATRICIA RUSSO uses her fifteen years of senior management experience in the private secto

to create unique learning opportunities for her students. She is the Associate Director for the

Multidisciplinary Action Projects (MAP) Program at the Ross School of Business, University of

Michigan. Patricia also teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Business Communication

for the Ross School and the Ford School. Prior to coming to the university, she held a variety of

senior management positions at Borders Group, Inc. She holds an undergraduate degree in FilmStudies and two masters degrees in English, including an MFA in Creative Writing from George

Mason University where she won the Dan Rudy Prize for fiction.

IRVING SALMEEN joined the Ford Schools Science and Technology in Public Policy Program

July 2011. Since 2007, he has been a Research Scientist with the U-M Center for Complex System

He teaches an undergraduate course on social-systems and energy, focusing on how culture and

human choices shape technological systems and how the human-sciences inform energy policie

In 2006 he retired, after 36 years, from the Scientific Research Laboratory of Ford Motor Compa

From 19982006 he headed the Labs Systems Analytics Department, which worked on

mathematical models to solve business and manufacturing problems; vehicle-software systems

for interfacing drivers smart-phone devices; and vehicle-technology decision-problems fromconsumers perspectives. From 199498, he managed the Ford Labs Chemistry Department. Pri

to his management career, Salmeen was a Staff Scientist, studying aspects of air pollution scienc

His PhD is in biophysics and his undergraduate degrees are in engineering physics and

mathematics, all from the U-M.

BOB SCHOENI is a Professor of Economics and Public Policy, and the Co-Director of the Panel

Study of Income Dynamics, a national panel survey of families assessing issues of poverty, incom

family formation, wealth, and health since 1968. His teaching and research interests include

program evaluation, welfare policy, economics and demographics of aging, labor economics, an

immigration. He worked previously at RAND, where he was Associate Director of the Labor an

Population Program and also served as Senior Economist on the Presidents Council of Econom

Advisers in Washington, DC. Bob received his PhD in Economics from the University of Michig

J OHN J .H . ( J OE ) SC HWA RZ received his undergraduate degree in history from the University

Michigan in 1959, and his medical degree from Wayne State University in 1964. Dr. Schwarz serv

his residency in otolaryngology at Harvard, finishing in 1973. He has been in private practice in

Battle Creek, Michigan, for 37 years. Schwarz served in Southeast Asia for five years, first with th

U.S. Navy in Vietnam and as Assistant Naval Attach in Indonesia. He then served with the Cent

Intelligence Agency in Laos and in Vietnam. Dr. Schwarz was a City Commissioner, then Mayor

Battle Creek, from 1979 until 1986. He was in the Michigan Senate from 1987 until 2002, serving

President Pro Tempore of the Senate from 1993 until 2002. From 2005 to 2007 he was a Membe

of Congress. Dr. Schwarz was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association

of the University of Michigan from 200507, and serves on numerous boards and commissions.

He was a faculty member at Harvard for one year and holds 11 honorary degrees. In 2007, Dr.

Schwarz served on the panel to investigate care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, appointed

by the Secretary of Defense, and on the Governors Emergency Financial Advisory Panel. As a

lecturer at the Ford School, he teaches Topics in Public Policy: Congress & State Legislatures.



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CHARLES R. SHIPAN is the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Professor of Social Sciences, Professor of

Political Science in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and a Professor of Public Polic

at the Ford School. He is also Chair of the Political Science Department. Prior to joining the faculty

at Michigan, Shipan served on the faculty at the University of Iowa and held positions as a research

fellow at the Brookings Institution, and as a Visiting Research Fellow at Trinity College in Dublin.

He is the author ofDesigning Judicial Review, co-author ofDeliberate Discretion?, and has writtennumerous articles and book chapters on political institutions and public policy. He is currently

engaged in a large-scale study of antismoking laws in U.S. states and cities and an examination of

why some public policies have longer lives than others. Shipan received a BA in Chemistry from

Carleton College and an MA and PhD in Political Science from Stanford University.

CARL P. SIMON is Professor of Mathematics, Economics, Complex Systems, and Public Policy

He was the founding Director of the U-M Center for the Study of Complex Systems. He is the

Associate Director for Social Science and Policy for the U-M Energy Institute, and the Director

of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program at the Ford School. His research centers

the theory and application of dynamical systems: from economic systems in search of equilibriu

to political systems in search of optimal policies, the bio-demography of modern women,ecosystems responding to human interactions, and especially to the dynamics of the sprea

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